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As State Plans For More Manure Digesters, Questions Pile Up

(WPR)---It looks like Wisconsin will be counting on more animal waste digesters to handle the growing amount of cow manure at large dairy farms. The state's Public Service Commission recently authorized spending up to $20 million in utility ratepayer money on the large

Study Finds Toll Roads Would Help Fill Wisconsin's Road Funding Gaps

(WPR)---A new study released by the state suggests toll roads could be part of the answer to Wisconsin's transportation funding woes.

Shooting in Union Grove

Updated 12-29

​A Union Grove shooting late Monday night was preceded by a family argument, according to a criminal complaint.

Wisconsin Republicans Eye Splitting Up DNR

Republicans in control of the Wisconsin's state Legislature are considering splitting up the state Department of Natural Resources, scattering parks, forestry, environmental, hunting and fishing programs among three existing agencies and two new ones.

Graffiti Cases Solved

Kenosha---A 14 year old boy was taken into custody Wednesday, accused of tagging two Kenosha museums, the Simmons Library, a business and a residence.

According to a post on the Kenosha Police Department's Facebook page, the vandalism was discovered on November

20-Year-Old Woman Dies in Car Accident in Salem

A Paddock Lake woman was killed in a 2-car accident in Salem Tuesday afternoon. Two other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries. According to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office---20-year-old Imalicia Trevino lost control of her westbound vehicle on Highway SA---

Kenosha Couple Offers $100,000 Match for Shalom Center Donations

A longtime activist couple from Kenosha say they will match donations to The Shalom Center up to $100,000 to help get a permanent homeless shelter built. That offer---from Denis and Kay Wikel---comes in the wake of the agency NOT getting an $850,000 grant it needed to

Haws' Extension Okayed; More Pay for RUSD Subs; Settlement in Cop Suit

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Former Kenosha School Board President Dies

Kenosha--A former Kenosha School Board member and the point man locally for the proposed Menominee Indian casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park has died. 

Eric Olson passed away Sunday at St. Catherine's Hospital. He was 68.

Olson served on the

Wisconsin No Longer Hardest-Drinking State But Booze Problem Remains

Wisconsin as a whole has gotten a little healthier relative to other states, according to a yearly assessment by the United Health Foundation.